Drew Van Zandt wrote: > That's basically what a Drobo > (http://www.drobo.com/products/drobo.php) is, only they already > considered all of those performance questions for you. > > --DTVZ > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Neil Joseph Schelly > <n...@jenandneil.com <mailto:n...@jenandneil.com>> wrote: > > I'm looking to build a small Shuttle barebone machine into a NAS > running > Linux. The intent of the machine is to be a networked PC with lots of > storage in a RAID array, made available over the gigabit network > interface > via Samba, NFS, and maybe iSCSI protocols. I'm curious what > experience > others have with this sort of stuff in general, but two immediate > questions > come to mind about processor and memory performance. > > I can go the low-power, low-heat route and get a single-core > processor and a > single memory stick of minimal quantity. Or I can upgrade a bit, > get a > dual-core processor with 2 sticks of dual-channel memory. Or > something in > between. What I don't know is how much impact processor speed, > multiple > cores, memory capacity, and dual-channel memory has on disk I/O, > network I/O, > software RAID processing, etc. > > I like the idea of a small low-power, low-heat appliance, but will > going too > low on those negatively impact performance much? The cost > difference between > a single-core processor with 1GB of memory and a dual-core > processor with 2 > sticks of 1GB dual-channel memory is insignificant, so that's not > much of a > concern. > -N > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org <mailto:gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > There seem to be a lot of unhappy Drobo users if Newegg's customer reviews are anything to go buy. Take a look here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822240010 I have learned the hard way to be very mindful of the customer reviews on Newegg. If the unhappy customers get to the 20% or higher level you need to make sure their complaints don't apply to your situation. -Alex _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
